Approach Does Not Equal Approach: Angry Facial Expressions Evoke Approach Only When It Serves Aggression

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 607-614

  Krieglmeyer, Regina ^a,b   Deutsch, Roland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

aggression; anger; approach avoidance; facial expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881229903     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612471060     Document Type: Article

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